Bloomers



Patented iept.. 2H, i925.

GERTRUDE M1 GEBEL, OF CANTDN, ill-U20, ASSEGNUR '110 FUE-IN L. IYVENSTHUE, ULF MASSILLON, OHM).

BLOUMERS.

Application led August 7, 1922. Serial No. 580,204.

To all wilma may concern.'

lie it ltuown that l, Guu'rizUnn M. xl-onsite,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of 5 (flhio, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in liloomers, of which the following is a specification.

rl`his invention relates to an undergarment for women and more particularly to a lo bloonier garment and has for its objects to provide a garment of this character formed of material such as muslin, nainsooli, crpe, sateen or other material suitable for the purpose.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a garment of this character formed from a minimum number of pieces of material and so designed as Vto provide for a fullness in the bach portion of the garment, without requiring the use of gathers or plaits along the side seams thereof.

The above and other objects may be attained by constructing the garment as illustrated in the accomp:myiiig drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a ligure wearing a garment embodying` the invention, showing the front of the same;

lig. 2, a similar view showing the back of the garment;

Fig. 3, a View of the pattern of one-half of the front of the garment; and

F ig. 4f, a pattern of the back piece of the garment.

Similar nuluerals refer to sii'nilar parts throughout the drawing.

r.lhe front of the garment is formed of two Similar sections as illustrated at 1 in Fig. 3, each sec-tion comprising the reduced upper body portion 2 and the widened lower leg portion 3, the outer side edge of each portion l being substantially straight as shown at l, the upper edge 5 being tapered down toward the center l. '.llhe inner side l5 edge i' of the body portion is concaved as at YEl terminating at the point 9, the inner side edge of the leg` portion being straight as shown at 10. v

The baci; indicated generally at 11, is 50 preferably formed of a single piece as shown in Fig. Ml, although if desired, the back may be made in halves connected at the center as indicated by the dotted line 12. This back member has the top edge 13 inclined upward from both sides toward the center let, the side edges lo being of substantially the same length as the side edges l of the Llront member and being provided with the convex upper portions i6 to provide a fullness in the back of the garment and over the hips ot the wearer. lhe curved lower edge 1i' upon the back member produces the back leg portions 18.

ln assembling the garment, the two front sections are placed top ,ether` and stitched along the edge 'if between the points t3 and 9. @ne side edge e of the front is stitched to ich side edge 15 of the back and these edges being of the saine length, a smooth seam is formed at each side ofthe garment, as indicated at elf-l5 in Figs. 1 and 2, no gathers, plaits or the like being necessary to produce a, fullness in the back portion of the garment.

rllie point 9 of the front is placed at the point 1S) of the back and the side edges 10 of the trout leg portions are sewed to the curved edge l? of the bach leg portions, as indicated at lll- 17 in Figs. 1 and 2, thus forming the leg openings from the lower edges 2O and 2l, iespectivi-ily of the front and back legl portions. The curved edge 17 of the bach piece is shown as of greater length than the coinbiiu-nl length of the two edges 10 of the two front pieces when sewed together, thus providing a fullness in the back along the seam 10h17 when the front and back members are sewed together. rllhese leg openings are preferably gathered together by an elastic band as indicated at 22 in Figs. 1 and 2 and an elastic band is also preferably located around the waist of the garment as indicated at 23.

The garment thus produced has a straightfront and substantial fullness in the back portion and over the hips of the wearer', making the garment comfortable and per mitting` the wearer to bend or turn in any direction, without causing the garment to bind at any point and without danger of rii'iping or tearing the saine.

lt will be seen that by providing the upper inclined edges 5 and 13 upon the front and back portions respectively of the garment, the center of the waistline at the back will be considerably higher than the center of the waistline at the front and the points 111- and 19 in the back being spaced considerably further apart than the points 6 and 9 in the front, a substantial fullness Will be provided in the seat portion of the garment, While the outwardly curved edges 16 oi' the back provide for a fullness over the hips of the wearer.

l olaimzv bitm'oeted garment including a back member, the side edges of which are slightly conoaved below the center and eonvexed above the center to provide a fullness over the hips, the upper edge being inclined downward toward both side edges from the center, the lower edge being eonoaved in an arcuate line, and it front member having straight side edges equal in length to the side edges of the back member and having inner Straight edges of a combined length considerably less than the arcuate lower: edge of the back member and arranged to be attached thereto to provide 'fullness in the seat portion of the garment by plaiting the remaining portion of the arcuate edge.

GRTRUDE M GOEBEL. 

